Mondays "Super Soaker" Run...hahaha!!

So I'm back at NCSU for a second bachelors degree, this time in Mechanical Engineering. Class meets 3 nights a week and put a little kink in my running schedule. With that said, Dina, Anna, and I have decided to meet on Monday and Wednesdays.

This Monday we headed to Fleet Feet (FF) to traverse "Hilly Tuesday"....why, you might ask, b.c Anna is a freak and a glutton for punishment! Actually, I think she has a new addiction for hills hahaha!! I walk into FF to exchange my very small women's Nog Run Club technical T and, to my surprise, they are hosting a Super Soaker Social Run! Woo hoo!!! .....wait a minute....d@mn.....I can't go to class sweaty and soaked to the bone. What to do, what to do?

Anna texted that she wasn't going to make it and Dina showed up about 20 minutes early. New plan! "Hilly Tuesday" will wait for another, ah hmmm, Monday. ;) So Dina and I grab a 4 mile map from FF and head out earlier then the social runners with the water guns! We make our way through the beautiful mix of old vintage homes and new McMansions with out so much as one spatter of H20. Around mile 3 (and coming from the opposite direction) a FF'er with a soaker comes trotting toward us! Ugh oh....she points her weapon in a menacing fashion but alas lets us pass with no retaliation for beating her to her hiding spot.

Rounding up the hill from Dixie Trail to Leonard, we come across one last "hider" and gratefully accept a few splashes of cool aqua to finish out our 4 mile run. We return to FF where some very soaked elite runners have gathered and enjoy cool icy pops. Suddenly it begins to rain.....it's still sunny with the exception of one tiny little gray cloud over FF that let's out a dense down pour. The ultimate "Super Soaker"....mother nature!

Good run for Dina and me. Finished 4 miles in 45:01 minutes with no rest intervals. Calvin and I got up early Tuesday morning for a quick 3 miler (33:31). Strong runs thus far. Looking forward to Umstead today!